How to Enjoy Your Toxic Patriotism — A Field Guide to Your Inner Hitler

How to Enjoy Your Toxic Patriotism — A Field Guide to Your Inner Hitler

The World Cup is in full swing, which means the world's most polite people are currently screaming at television sets over a man falling over in the correct way.  I thought I might take this as an opportunity to ask an uncomfortable question: what if patriotism isn't a corruption of human nature, but an expression of it — and what if the same instinct that makes football exciting and fun is the one that legitimises industrial-scale massacre? But I’m not trying to be a spoilsport! In this episode: why spectating sport only became enjoyable once you abandoned your perfectly reasonable, well-informed, scrupulously fair worldview; what the actual science says about testosterone and aggression (it's messier than the popular version); the Roman playbook for divide-and-rule and why it still works; one bit of Hitler in all of us; and why peace may be a wee bit harder to build than war ever was to start. A kind of follow-up to Episode 8, "Would You Kamikaze? Debunking the Myth of Patriotism" — though you don't need to have heard that one first to enjoy this one. It's a junkyard of useless knowledge.  It's occasionally quite funny and merciless. It's the gnarliest multi-cultural listening ride Post-Whatever with Ken Nishikawa — weekly cultural commentary on the space between Japan and the West, presented by Ken — composer, broadcaster, DJ, film director, and occasional grumpy old man — who has worked for the BBC, MTV, TBS, J-WAVE, and several organisations that probably regret it. New episodes every Thursday. Like and subscribe if you know what’s good for you and partial to being mildly offended. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. 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The voice of David Attenborough - Planet Trans

Sir David Attenborough just turned 100, which means two things: 1 - he remains a global treasure, and 2 - it’s finally time I confess that, in the 1990s, I was his Japanese voice. Yes. Really. No. I don’t sound quite like him (in Japanese). And yes — the BBC was absolutely desperate. In Episode 11 of Post‑Whatever, I explore how a young, sleep‑deprived translator at the BBC accidentally became the Japanese Attenborough, why there were almost no alternatives for the BBC to stop this from happening, and what this all reveals about the very lopsided gender dynamics of the translation industry. Along the way, I will offer some highly debatable insights into why women dominate the profession, why simultaneous translation is a form of psychological warfare, and why interpreters often end up being yelled at for things they didn’t say. It's a junkyard of useless knowledge.  It's occasionally quite funny and merciless. It's the gnarliest multi-cultural listening ride Post-Whatever with Ken Nishikawa — weekly cultural commentary on the space between Japan and the West, presented by Ken — composer, broadcaster, DJ, film director, and occasional grumpy old man — who has worked for the BBC, MTV, TBS, J-WAVE, and several organisations that probably regret it. New episodes every Thursday. Like and subscribe if you know what’s good for you and partial to being mildly offended. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. 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The Most Difficult Language in the World - Don't Panic!

The US government ranked every language in the world in five categories - by how much learning time it requires for an American diplomat to become fluent. Japanese didn't make it to any of these categories. In fact, it found itself in a unique category on its own - above all the languages that exist.  Does that mean Japanese is the single most difficult and/or complex language in the world? In Episode 10 of Post-Whatever, I am tackling that very subject While at it, I will offer some questionable answers to the questions such as; why the "hardest language in the world" title is almost entirely meaningless, why Japanese is simultaneously terrifying AND simpler than English, and why language exams should be abolished immediately. It's academic. It's educational. It's occasionally quite funny and merciless. Post-Whatever with Ken Nishikawa — weekly cultural commentary on the space between Japan and the West, presented by Ken — composer, broadcaster, DJ, film director, and occasional grumpy old man — who has worked for the BBC, MTV, TBS, J-WAVE, and several organisations that probably regret it. New episodes every Thursday. Like and subscribe if you know what’s good for you and partial to being mildly offended. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. Search: POST-WHATEVER with Ken Nishikawa #PostWhatever [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/postwhatever?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZYe1Hnt_EsUfl5kFquFw4XW8393MOu99Jm58FZGJsSCHxNIMruHjSoNOOcWHK2vWIitMdPWAztiIyvleKR83lBE94JDMu0RFblou6dq58usVk3wqQfSVXseNUfaoqYC5dX9cY36rFfRsT_rzQopl6OJiQUIH_af6tahnEpFW340NWp7GQwv09Ktltt7YAq5XRcqqy8ipZ6QfiwBRASA9Q3S&__tn__=*NK-R] #KenNishikawa [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/kennishikawa?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZYe1Hnt_EsUfl5kFquFw4XW8393MOu99Jm58FZGJsSCHxNIMruHjSoNOOcWHK2vWIitMdPWAztiIyvleKR83lBE94JDMu0RFblou6dq58usVk3wqQfSVXseNUfaoqYC5dX9cY36rFfRsT_rzQopl6OJiQUIH_af6tahnEpFW340NWp7GQwv09Ktltt7YAq5XRcqqy8ipZ6QfiwBRASA9Q3S&__tn__=*NK-R]  #TokyoLife [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tokyolife?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZYe1Hnt_EsUfl5kFquFw4XW8393MOu99Jm58FZGJsSCHxNIMruHjSoNOOcWHK2vWIitMdPWAztiIyvleKR83lBE94JDMu0RFblou6dq58usVk3wqQfSVXseNUfaoqYC5dX9cY36rFfRsT_rzQopl6OJiQUIH_af6tahnEpFW340NWp7GQwv09Ktltt7YAq5XRcqqy8ipZ6QfiwBRASA9Q3S&__tn__=*NK-R] #ExpatJapan 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#LearnJapanese #Linguistics #Bilingual

Silken Tofu and Tamari Soy Sauce - two most misunderstood Japanese food items

Every week, somewhere in the world, a well-meaning Western chef reaches for silken tofu and tamari soy sauce and applies them to everything with the quiet confidence of someone who has done absolutely no research. This episode is for them. And for you. In Episode 9 of Post-Whatever, Ken demystifies two of the most misunderstood ingredients in your Japanese pantry: tamari soy sauce and silken tofu. Both are excellent. Both are routinely used in entirely the wrong context. And both have been systematically misrepresented. Also : why the little paper flag on kids’ lunch counts as a national security risk. It's academic. It's educational. It's occasionally quite funny and merciless in tone. Post-Whatever with Ken Nishikawa — weekly cultural commentary on the space between Japan and the West, presented by Ken — composer, broadcaster, DJ, film director, and occasional grumpy old man — who has worked for the BBC, MTV, TBS, J-WAVE, and several organisations that probably regret it. New episodes every Thursday. Like and subscribe if you know what’s good for you and partial to being mildly offended. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. Search: POST-WHATEVER with Ken Nishikawa #PostWhatever [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/postwhatever?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZYe1Hnt_EsUfl5kFquFw4XW8393MOu99Jm58FZGJsSCHxNIMruHjSoNOOcWHK2vWIitMdPWAztiIyvleKR83lBE94JDMu0RFblou6dq58usVk3wqQfSVXseNUfaoqYC5dX9cY36rFfRsT_rzQopl6OJiQUIH_af6tahnEpFW340NWp7GQwv09Ktltt7YAq5XRcqqy8ipZ6QfiwBRASA9Q3S&__tn__=*NK-R] #KenNishikawa [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/kennishikawa?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZYe1Hnt_EsUfl5kFquFw4XW8393MOu99Jm58FZGJsSCHxNIMruHjSoNOOcWHK2vWIitMdPWAztiIyvleKR83lBE94JDMu0RFblou6dq58usVk3wqQfSVXseNUfaoqYC5dX9cY36rFfRsT_rzQopl6OJiQUIH_af6tahnEpFW340NWp7GQwv09Ktltt7YAq5XRcqqy8ipZ6QfiwBRASA9Q3S&__tn__=*NK-R]  #TokyoLife [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tokyolife?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZYe1Hnt_EsUfl5kFquFw4XW8393MOu99Jm58FZGJsSCHxNIMruHjSoNOOcWHK2vWIitMdPWAztiIyvleKR83lBE94JDMu0RFblou6dq58usVk3wqQfSVXseNUfaoqYC5dX9cY36rFfRsT_rzQopl6OJiQUIH_af6tahnEpFW340NWp7GQwv09Ktltt7YAq5XRcqqy8ipZ6QfiwBRASA9Q3S&__tn__=*NK-R] #ExpatJapan 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Would you Kamikaze? - Debunking the myth of patriotism

The Doomsday Clock stands at 85 seconds to midnight. We just moved it forward by 3 seconds. As a species, we are clearly committed.In Episode 8 of Post-Whatever, Ken Nishikawa asks a straightforward question: would you kamikaze? This week's episode debunks the myth of patriotism — not with a rant (well, a little bit), but with history, linguistics, and some quietly uncomfortable facts that several governments would probably prefer you didn't know.Topics include: why “best country in the world" is a statement only someone who has lived in all 195 nations for at least a year is remotely qualified to make; how the Japanese, British, and French governments all used identical methodsto strip children of their native languages through humiliation and peer surveillance and replace regional identity with state-approved nationalism.Also featuring: Elon Musk, Frank Zappa, and the quietly radical notion that we might, as a species, be just intelligent enough to destroy ourselves and not quite wise enough to stop.Post-Whatever with Ken Nishikawa — weekly cultural commentary on the space between Japan and the West, presented by Ken — composer, broadcaster, DJ, film director, and occasional grumpy old man — who has worked for the BBC, MTV, TBS, J-WAVE, and several organisations that probably regret it.New episodes every Thursday. Like and subscribe if you know what’s good for you and partial to being mildly offended.Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube.Search: POST-WHATEVER with Ken Nishikawa#PostWhatever #KenNishikawa #TokyoLife #ExpatJapan #Podcast #JapanPodcast #TokyoPodcast #JapanExpat #LivinginJapan #TokyoExpat #JapanTips #JapanLife #TokyoLife #JapanVlog #HiddenJapan #TokyoVlog #JapanCulture #CulturalDifferences #JapanObsessed #LearnAboutJapan #CulturalCommentary #Japan #Tokyo #TalkShow #WeeklyPodcast #CulturePodcast #JapaneseCulture #TravelJapan #TalkShow #TokyoHistory #JapanHistory#kamikaze #patriotism #patriot #DoomsdayClock